Baked eight baguettes the other morning. Dough started the night before and left out on the counter from 9:00 PM until 4:00 AM next morning, for a seven hour fermentation. My regular basis recipe. 1000g of flour, 1 1/2 g of yeast, 30g of salt and 65% hydration. (Note: a teaspoon is 3g of yeast…

Made pizza a couple of times this month and rather than bake in the Ooni, I decided to use Jim Lahey’s method of baking in the oven, using the broiler. The stone is placed on one of the top racks just 4 or 5 inches from the broiler. Preheated at 550°F for at least 30…

I made my favourite soup for dinner. Caldo Tlalpeno – a Mexican Chicken Rice Soup earlier this month. When I haven’t made it in a while, I forget just how good this soup is. Basically a bowl of rich chicken broth with pieces of chicken breast with rice, garnished with fresh chopped tomato, onion, avocado,…

I decided to make puff pastry savory tarts for dinner one night. I started the quick version of puff pastry in the morning and it went into the fridge. Matt cooked the caramelized onions for me. All I had to do when I got home from work was, roll out the pastry, top with the…